Africa - Page 14

Vladimir Nosov, team member: Hello everyone! There is the summit! Our team has climbed the highest volcano in Africa, Kilimanjaro (5895 m). On May 7, 2022, the team stood on the roof of Africa in full force.

Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania:

Hello everyone! The group of the 7 Summits Club "Heather Honey" climbed Mount Kilimanjaro! All well done! We're going down…

 Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania:

Hello everyone!  Today, the group of the 7 Summits Club "Heather Honey" went to acclimatization on the rocks of Zebra Rocks. Everything is going according to plan.

Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania:

Hello everyone! The group of the 7 Summits Club "Heather Honey" has started a program of climbing Kilimanjaro along the Marangu route. The weather is great.

Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania:

Hello everyone! Vladimir Kotlyar and the Omar Silvuple team are in touch. We have reached Barranco Camp, and today we have to storm the Baranco wall.

Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania:

Hello, the 7 Summits Club! Our group began an ascent to the roof of Africa along the Machame route. Yesterday we reached the Machame camp at an altitude of 2800, but there was no communication there to convey the news. Today we are going to Shira Cave Camp. A connection broke through along the way. We hug everyone tightly!!!

Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania:

Jumbo, 7 Summits!!! The second team of the spring season in Kilimanjaro is assembled! We will start the route tomorrow.

Vladimir Kotlyar, 7 Summits Club guide, from Tanzania:

Aloha 7 Summits Club! News from Kilimanjaro. The team "Grandpa Kotlyar and the Hares" in full force, with all the staff, ascended to the top of Kilimanjaro. Behind us is the Uhuru Peak stele. And from here we send you a big hello and a huge thank you for organizing this tour!

Vladimir Kotlyar, 7 Summits Club guide, from Tanzania:

Jumbo! The group "Grandpa Kotlyar and Hares" from Tanzania is in touch. We continue our ascent on the highest mountain in Africa. Today we overcame the Barranco wall and reached the Karanga camp (4995). Surprisingly, this part turned out to be the most exciting for the group. Despite the fact that we are tired, the whole group is delighted with the Barranco wall. The culmination of our journey is getting closer and closer...

Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania:

Hello to the 7 Summits Club! Our team continues climbing. We climbed the Lava Tower! There we had lunch and go on to the Baranko camp. Everyone is fine, the mood is fighting, even the rain does not spoil it.

Vladimir Kotlyar, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania:

Aloha, 7 Summits! More precisely, Jumbo! As they say in Tanzania. We start our journey to the top of the highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro along the Machame route. It is raining heavily today, but we are not discouraged, because we are filled with full Akunamata!

Sergey Larin, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania:

The group of the 7 Summits Club climbed to the top of Kilimanjaro today.  What is remarkable about the ascent?  Four Butko sisters, aged 14 to 30, climbed on the summit at once, together with their father. Kirill Tergalinsky, who is 11 years old, also reached the top. And it was the first ascent of Kilimanjaro without alcohol in my memory. With the exception of the guide, he could of course do it, but he was warned too late.

Sergey Larin, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania:

Hello! The group of the 7 Summits Club is preparing to climb Kilimanjaro in the Kosovo camp (4860m). Everything is going according to plan, so the main news tomorrow is on the day of the ascent!

Sergey Larin, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania:

News from Kilimanjaro from the group formed by the expedition headquarters of Fyodor Konyukhov. Our high-altitude trekking is going according to plan. On January 6, the group went up to the Shira 3000m camp. On January 7, we moved to the Shira 3900m camp. On January 8, the group goes to the Baranko 4000m Camp, through the Lava Tower 4600m. I am writing these lines on Lava Tower, where we have lunch. The participants' well-being corresponds to the heights achieved.

 The "Dream Team" of guide Artyom Brown gathered in Tanzania in full and went on the classic Marangu route.  During the first day, the group managed to do a lot:  how to get acquainted, learn and rehearse the welcome Tanzanian song Jamba Bwana, taste local fruits, taste Kilimanjaro beer, sing together and much more. And this is only on the first day! Now the team is on its way to the summit!

Sergey Larin, the 7 Summits Club guide, from Tanzania: Hello, 7 Summits Club! Today, the ascent program of Kilimanjaro by the group formed by the expedition headquarters of Fyodor Konyukhov begins. The Machame route. Initially, 20 people had tickets. But due to COVID restrictions, 7 people refused to travel.

A short report about today’s climb from father and son Alexander and Andrey: We started from the assault camp (4600) today at 0.15. And we successfully climbed Kilimanjaro (5895 meters) at 6.17 am at the top.  The guides said it was just a great result. We met the dawn right at the peak. From 6.30 to 7.30 we visited the glacier. I have never seen such beauty. They don't usually go to him, since no one has the strength after climbing Kilimanjaro. But, we couldn't put the Russian Mountaineering Federation to shame: we went to it and returned to the assault camp by 9.20.

Thank you to everyone who supported!  Ascent (and descent) was very difficult, and I really remembered your parting words from the manager of the 7 Summits Club! I thought it would be much easier, but the weather has made its own corrections.

Our New Year's group has reached the foot of Kilimanjaro! The group is now assembled (although not without adventures) and safely went on the route. The members will celebrate the New Year in one of the most unusual places on the planet - on the highest peak of the African continent - Kilimanjaro volcano (5895 m), which is a cherished dream of many! Congratulations on the upcoming New Year and we are really looking forward to the news!

Alexander Dorojukov, a guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania: 

 Hello everyone from Africa!  From the group "To Save Private Nikolai" ascended Mount Kilimanjaro. Today at 8 am we were at the top of Africa.  The weather did not let us down, we drank champagne at the highest point and admired the views. Now we are already down in Horombo Hut, resting.

Alexander Dorojukov, guide of the 7 Summits Club, from Tanzania: 

Greetings from Africa from the group "Save Private Nicholas", going on Kilimanjaro!  Yesterday we went up through the rainforest to the first camp. Beautiful forest, rivers, small waterfalls, clean humid air. Today we moved to the second camp - Khorombo. Along the way, we were accompanied by beautiful views, snow peaks were periodically shown. Upon arrival, we had a delicious meal, settled in comfortable houses and assumed a horizontal position.